CONCLUSION

   As you can all easily tell from our charts the BX100 250GB may not be amongst the fastest SSDs we've ever tested but on one hand Crucial never ment it to be (the MX200 line is aimed at that and our review is just a few days away) while on the other its performance numbers are quite good for an entry-level solution. Of course we'd all like to see better results in the IOMeter SNIA tests from an SSD made by Crucial and they may be able to improve on that by further tweaking the firmware of the controller (which you will be able to update on your own) but at least for now it is what it is. The BX100 line also offers a very basic feature set but for casual users and even gamers this should be plenty. Finally in terms of durability the BX100 250GB has nothing to be jealous from its higher capacity 500GB/1TB brothers since they all share the same MTBF of 1.5 million hours and endurance of 72TBW.

   With the BX100 line of SSDs crucial aims to dominate the entry-level segment of the market where price is taken into account above performance and features and we can't really argue with that since with a current price tag set at USD99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and 105Euros inside the EU (Amazon.co.uk) the BX100 250gb is amongst the most affordable models in the market today since you're charged roughly USD0.4 per GB (and that gets even lower with its higher capacity brothers). Overall if you're out in the market to get a low-cost SSD model without the extra data reliability features offered by more expensive models (like the MX200) then the BX100 is a very good choice and that's why it gets our Golden Award.

PROS

- Good Build Quality
- Good Overall Performance
- 3 Years Warranty
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Lack Of Features